The World Ends With You: The Animation Teaser Trailer
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The World Ends With You. the 2007 Nintendo DS classic by Square Enix, is getting an animated series. After following the creation of an official Twitter account for the TWEWY anime project as well as a website that featured a countdown timer. A teaser trailer was dropped on AnimeExpo's Twitch and Youtube channels.
The show is being directed by Kazuya Ichikawa, who has recently worked as the animation director for Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers, and is being produced by Domerica and Shin-Ei Animation, the studio behind Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan. Much like the game that it's based on, the anime adaptation will be a retelling of the original story with expanded scenes.
The main character Neku wakes up in the middle of a busy Shibuya Crossing Intersection unaware of how he got there. He’s in an alternate plane of existence called the Underground (UG). Unknowingly forced to participate in the “Reaper’s Game”, Neku must partner with Shiki, a teenage girl player whom he meets. Neku must fight to survive by completing the missions thrown at him and defeating the creatures called “Noise.” By doing so, he will confront the “Reaper’s Game” along with the truth buried deep inside his memory. “The only way to survive is to trust your partner” Will they survive the “Reaper’s Game”…?
Going off the teaser trailer, the art style looks to stay true to the game's looks albeit with softer edges. The anime adaptation is scheduled to start sometime in 2021. I personally can't wait to see that Zetta son of a digit, Sho Minamimoto, animated in all of his mathematical glory.
Palword is celebrating its early access' 1st anniversary with an updated roadmap of what to expect from the game in the near future of 2025. They also released the game's full soundtrack for free through YouTube.